ICPE 35th Anniversarry Celebration, 8 November 2010
ICPE celebrated the 35th Anniversary of its activities, the Celebration took place on 8 November, in the premises of the ICPE.
In the 35 years ICPE has achieved important results in the implementation of educational programmes and research projects in public sector enterprises. It has managed to create a broad network of contacts and a relatively high recognizability in cooperation with international organizations under the auspices of the UN.
Therefore the ICPE crowned this notable success with the celebration, attended by many distinguished guests. To our great pleasure Dr. Danilo Türk, President of the Republic of Slovenia, was the honorable patron of the celebration and also the speaker of the event. ICPE’s DG, Dr. Štefan Bogdan Šalej, Dr. Anton Vratuša, Honorable President ICPE and Mr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, President of the ICPE Council also addressed the guests. The atmosphere was warm and promising. Performer Tinkara Kovač and her pianist also contributed to this fine event with their unique musical interpretations, so did Živa Rogelj, the moderator. The evening was unforgetable.
Council meeting was held at ICPE, 9 November 2010
On Tuesday, 9 November 2010, there was the annual Council meeting held at ICPE, attended by the host country’s Slovene delegates, and the member states delegations from Sri Lanka, Albania, India, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and the special guest country, Brasil.
ICPE presented attendees with its strategic plan, which has been confirmed, programme activities, financial report etc. Mr. Chatterjee, the president of ICPE Council, introduced a few prolific ideas on the future work, so did dr. Šalej, Director General, who introduced his views of the development and the targets of ICPE activity fields, just as the other distinguished participants gave their impact to the whole picture.
Important decisions and documents have been made and accepted, the outcome of the discussion on ICPE activities in the future is optimistic and the synthesis of the meeting is: there is a bright future full of challenges ahead of us.
First High-Level International Symposium on future challenges of Public Sector Enterprises (PSE)
Organised by International Center for Promotion of Enterprises
Under a high patronage of the Ministry of Finance of Republic of Slovenia
Ljubljana, 7 – 9 November 2010
Throughout its long and rich history of thirty-five years, the International Center for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE) has been always recognized as a key international institution focused on fostering research activities on public enterprises. Therefore, as the leading intergovernmental organization in the area of PSE, ICPE strives to gather eminent PSE experts, policymakers and successful businessmen, highest officials of international organisations, diplomatic corps and representatives of media to discuss on PSE open issues both from public and private point of view and bring purposeful conclusions with tangible outcomes.
The topics to be discussed at the Symposium will be:
- Role of the PSE in the country development.
- PSE - private sector dialogue and corporate social responsibility.
- Case studies of PSE' management practices.
The objectives of the Symposium are:
- to raise awareness of all concerned stakeholders on the importance of the public-private dialogue for overcoming the difficulties with economic, public and political nature of PSE activities;
- to analyze the PSE corporate governance and social responsibility policy frameworks aiming to identify best PSE practices as benchmarks for evaluation;
- to influence policy making by providing opinions and conclusions about repositioning of public sector enterprises as a service global welfare and human development improvement.
The Symposium will be an unique opportunity for the PSE experts and other interested parties to exchange information, ideas and opinions on future challenges of PSE and to promote their repositioning in new economic and social framework.
Programme of the Symposium on Future Challenges of PSE
AGENDA
Sunday, November 7th, 2010
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19.00 |
Welcome dinner * |
* Invited only.
Monday, November 8th, 2010
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9.00-9.05 |
Welcome by Dr Štefan Bogdan Šalej, Director General, ICPE |
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9.05-9.15 |
Oficial opening by Dr Franci Križanič, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia and a high patronage of the Symposium |
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09:15-11:00 |
PANEL SESSION I |
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Role of the PSE in the country developmen |
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Moderator: |
Ambassador Rubens Ricupero, former Minister of Finance of Brasil and DG UNCTAD, Brasil |
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Panelists: |
Dr Nevenka Horvatin, Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana Hans Christiansen, OECD Senior Economist OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance |
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11:00-11:15 |
Cofee break |
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11:15-13:15 |
PANEL SESSION II |
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PSE – private sector dialogue and corporate social responsibility |
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Moderator: |
Dr Peter Kraljič, McKinsey Advisory Council, Slovenia |
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Panelists: |
Rado Bohinc, Rector of the University of Primorska Borut Jamnik, Chairman of the Board, Kapitalska Družba, Slovenia David Vaillancourt, Business Development Executive, Gazprom |
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13:15-14:00 |
Working lunch |
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14:00-16:00 |
PANEL SESSION II |
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Case studies of PSE’ management practices |
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Moderator: |
Dr Baskar Chatterjee, President, ICPE Council, and Secretary, Public Sector Enterprises, Government of India |
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Panelists: |
Franjo Bobinac, President of Management Board and CEO, responsible for Ecology, Energy and Services Division, Gorenje, Slovenia |
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16:00-17:00 |
Conclusions of the Symposium |
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20:00 |
ICPE 35th Anniversarry Celebration |
Sunday, November 9th, 2010
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STEERING COMMITTEE
The Steering Committee will be presided by Dr Peter Kraljič, a member of the McKinsey Advisory Council and until 2002 Senior Director in McKinsey who has published a number of scientific and business articles for Harvard Business Review, Manager Magazine, Le Figaro Economie, Columbia Journal of Business and others.
Members of the Steering Committee:
Dr Peter Kraljič, McKinsey Advisory Council, President of the Steering Committee
Bhaskar Chatterjee, Secretary, Government of India, Public Sector Enterprises
Ambassador Rubens Ricupero, former Minister of Finance of Brasil and DG UNCTAD
Dr Nevenka Hrovatin, Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana
Dr Štefan Bogdan Šalej, Director General, International Center for Promotion of Enterprises
Dr Dejan Erić, Director, Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade
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